Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 61, Issue 15, 1522001(2024)

Design of Free-Form Surface Off-Axis Four-Mirror Optical System for Dynamic Target Simulation

Danni Zhang, Liang Nie*, and Yanlong Song
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  • School of Optoelectronic Engineering, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an 710021, Shaanxi, China
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    Based on the third-order aberration theory, the aberration of the coaxial four-mirror optical system is analyzed, and the mixed objective function including the primary aberration coefficient of weight distribution and structural constraints is constructed. The improved particle swarm optimization algorithm is used to solve it, and the initial structure with high image quality and specific layout is obtained. Through off-axis processing and the introduction of XY polynomial free-form surface to optimize the initial structure, a free-form surface off-axis four-mirror optical system with focal length of 365 mm, operating band of 0.4?0.7 μm,8?12 μm, F-number of 2, and rectangular field of view of 6°×2° is designed. The results show that the system achieves high energy concentration, the maximum mesh distortion is 2.12%,the optical transfer function exceeding 0.5@50 lp/mm across the entire field of view in the visible band, and the modulation transfer function(MTF) curves in the infrared band almost reach the diffraction limit. The optical system demonstrates excellent imaging quality, when combined with a digital micro-mirror device (DMD), satisfies the dynamic target simulation requirements of the optoelectronic tracking system.

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    Danni Zhang, Liang Nie, Yanlong Song. Design of Free-Form Surface Off-Axis Four-Mirror Optical System for Dynamic Target Simulation[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2024, 61(15): 1522001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Optical Design and Fabrication

    Received: Jun. 27, 2023

    Accepted: Aug. 22, 2023

    Published Online: Aug. 8, 2024

    The Author Email: Liang Nie (nieliang@xatu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP231608

    CSTR:32186.14.LOP231608

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